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Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci

Title:		The lure of death: suicide and human evolution
Author(s):		Humphrey N;
Address:		"Darwin College, Silver Street, Cambridge CB3 9EU, UK humphrey@me.com"
Journal Title:		Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Year:		2018
Volume:		373
Issue:		1754
Page Number:		-
DOI:		10.1098/rstb.2017.0269
ISSN/ISBN:		1471-2970 (Electronic) 0962-8436 (Print) 0962-8436 (Linking)
Abstract:		"At some point in evolutionary history, human beings came to understand, as no non-human animals do, that death brings to an end a person's bodily and mental presence in the world. A potentially devastating consequence was that individuals, seeking to escape physical or mental pain, might choose to kill themselves.This article is part of the theme issue 'Evolutionary thanatology: impacts of the dead on the living in humans and other animals'"
Keywords:		*Biological Evolution *Death Humans Suicide/*psychology Thanatology consciousness human evolution suicide;
Notes:		"MedlineHumphrey, Nicholas eng England 2018/07/18 Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2018 Sep 5; 373(1754):20170269. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0269"